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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000261 | Scribus | General | public | 2004-02-11 21:06 | 2008-02-08 20:22 |
| Reporter | mhanski | Assigned To | cbradney | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | no change required | ||
| Summary | 0000261: Print Preview --> Display Transparency: window becomes gray | ||||
| Description | Checking the new checkbox "Display Transparency" in Extras --> Print Preview causes the preview to dissapear which means, the preview window becomes gray and shows nothing else. The "normal" preview works fine. | ||||
| Additional Information | Scribus 1.1.5cvs Build-ID: 9. February 2004 C-C-T Mandrake 9.1 ESP Ghostscript 7.05.6 Qt 3.1.1 | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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I think the version of your ghostscript cannot handle the transparency feature enabled in the new Print Preview option. The grey background is normal due to the different device (pngalpha) used to produce the print preview. Let me confirm the level of ghostscript that supports this properly. |
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Try a: gs -h | grep pngalpha and see if you get the device listed. |
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Officially (having spoken to a ghostscript developer), gs 7.0.6 started to have basic support for the pngalpha device. 7.07 has full support. Scribus 1.1.5 will have a 7.07 dependency (only for print preview mind you). |
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Add pngalpha device that uses RGBA, with the alpha channel providing pixel coverage. Used for generating PNG images with a transparent background. http://cvs.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gs/src/gdevpng.c |
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gs -c "{ /pngalpha finddevice } stopped not == quit" will return true if you have pngalpha, false otherwise. |
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[maciej@pingwin maciej]$ gs -h | grep pngalpha [maciej@pingwin maciej]$ [maciej@pingwin maciej]$ gs -c "{ /pngalpha finddevice } stopped not == quit" ESP Ghostscript 7.05 (2003-02-05) Copyright (C) 2002 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved. This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. false [maciej@pingwin maciej]$ #It seems to me, that I have to update my ghostscript. Thanks. |
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Ok. I thought that would be the result. Are planning on upgrading your GS soon? |
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#Are planning on upgrading your GS soon? Yes, if I find something appriopriate for my system. Otherwise, I'll wait for the next Mandrake version 10 and update my whole system then. |
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http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/9.2/features/15.php3 indicates Mandrake 9.2 has ghostscript 7.07. Surely theres an updated package for 9.1?. |
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Resolving this bug as its a GS issue. Dependency levels will be lifted, or at least noted for 1.1.5 release. |
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Closed. |
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User emailed me to say that 7.07 fixed the issue. I'vejust upgraded it to the Mandrake 9.2 package you indicated me to and the "Display Transparency" checkbox in "Print preview" works fine now. BTW, there were no problems whatever while installing Mandrake 9.2 GSpackage on my Mdk 9.1 $ gs -c "{ /pngalpha finddevice } stopped not == quit" ESP Ghostscript 7.07 (2003-07-12) Copyright 2003 artofcode LLC and Easy Software Products, all rights reserved.This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. true $ gs -h | grep pngalpha pkmraw pksm pksmraw plan9bm png16 png16m png256 pngalpha pnggray pngmono |
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Another dead bug :). |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-02-11 21:06 | mhanski | New Issue | |
| 2004-02-11 21:14 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000462 | |
| 2004-02-11 22:04 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000464 | |
| 2004-02-11 23:33 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000465 | |
| 2004-02-11 23:39 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000466 | |
| 2004-02-11 23:43 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000467 | |
| 2004-02-12 07:36 | mhanski | Note Added: 0000472 | |
| 2004-02-12 07:39 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000473 | |
| 2004-02-12 07:47 | mhanski | Note Added: 0000474 | |
| 2004-02-12 08:10 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000475 | |
| 2004-02-12 21:51 | cbradney | Status | new => resolved |
| 2004-02-12 21:51 | cbradney | Resolution | open => no change required |
| 2004-02-12 21:51 | cbradney | Assigned To | => cbradney |
| 2004-02-12 21:51 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000477 | |
| 2004-02-12 21:51 | cbradney | Status | resolved => closed |
| 2004-02-12 21:51 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000478 | |
| 2004-02-12 22:18 | cbradney | Status | closed => feedback |
| 2004-02-12 22:18 | cbradney | Resolution | no change required => reopened |
| 2004-02-12 22:18 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000479 | |
| 2004-02-12 22:18 | cbradney | Status | feedback => closed |
| 2004-02-12 22:18 | cbradney | Note Added: 0000480 | |
| 2008-02-08 20:22 | christoph_s | Status | closed => resolved |
| 2008-02-08 20:22 | christoph_s | Resolution | reopened => no change required |
| 2008-02-08 20:22 | christoph_s | Status | resolved => closed |
